失败

shībài

to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments)

verbadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 失敗

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 打败dǎbàito defeatB4
  • bàito defeatB6
  • 击败jībàito defeatB6
  • 败坏bàihuàito ruinB7
  • 挫败cuòbàito thwartB7
  • 腐败fǔbàicorruptionB7

See it in sentences

别怕失败。

Do not fear failure.

这次失败了,下次再来。

Failed this time, try again next time.